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CIC 3002 CORPORATE ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE 3 Credits
Synopsis :
In this course students will be encouraged to think critically in examining the impacts of unethical practices of
finance and accounting professionals to the business and its various stakeholder groups including the natural
environment. Students will also be exposed to the importance and functions of corporate governance to
ensure that organisational resources are managed and controlled effectively.

This course will consist of two parts. In the first part, students will examine various ethical and moral dilemmas
confronting business organisations in the context of finance profession. Students will explore the concepts of
ethical culture and leadership and learn ways to inculcate such culture and leadership in a business
organisation. Next, students will learn about generally accepted ethics theories and apply them in resolving
ethical and moral dilemmas in a systematic way. Finally, students will examine the issues and impacts of
business activities on stakeholder groups and the concept of sustainable development. In this final part,
students will analyse the extent of firm corporate social responsibility performance.

In the second part, students will examine the issues of corporate governance in public listed firms and the
internal mechanisms to mitigate such issues. This course gives special focus to the role of board of directors,
internal control, audit and corporate transparency in enhancing corporate accountability to stakeholders.

Course Pre-requisite(s) : None
Assessment Methods : Continuous Assessment : 50%, Final Examination : 50%

CIC 3020 CASES IN FINANCE 4 Credits
Synopsis :
This course aims to provide students with the professional skills and knowledge they need for careers in the
finance and banking industry. Various current issues related to corporate finance, banking and financial
services, financial market and Islamic finance will be discussed in this course. As a capstone course for finance
degree, this course emphasized on the ability to integrate the principles, concepts, and theories to solve the
finance and banking issues in an ethical way. This course will enable students to assimilate knowledge in
finance and banking through case studies.
Course Pre-requisite(s) : None
Assessment Methods : 50% Continuous Assessment, 50% Final Exam

CIC 3004 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS 3 Credits
Synopsis :
In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of analysing financial statements, as viewed by business,
equity and credit analysts. Students will understand the financial reporting process and the inherent
limitations arising from judgements and permissible subjective assumptions. The judgmental elements are
expounded in some main assets and liability items. Students will learn how these differences should be
considered and handled for meaningfully comparative financial analysis by focusing on the underlying
substance over reporting form. Students will also be exposed to popular financial analysis techniques and signs
of poor financial reporting quality.

Course Pre-requisite(s) : None
Assessment Methods : Continuous Assessment : 50%, Final Examination : 50%

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